Ryūkyū

Summary

Ryūkyū is a cultural region^[1]. Ryūkyū draws 26 Wikipedia views per month (cultural_region category, ranking #48 of 59).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ryūkyū is located in Kagoshima Prefecture^[3].
• Ryūkyū is located in Okinawa Prefecture^[4].
• Ryūkyū is in the country of Japan^[5].
• Ryūkyū is in the country of Ryukyu Kingdom^[6].
• Ryūkyū's instance of is recorded as cultural region^[7].
• Ryūkyū's instance of is recorded as historical region^[8].
• Ryūkyū's locator map image is recorded as Ryukyu cultural regions.svg^[9].
• Ryūkyū's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00298277^[10].
• Ryūkyū's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Ryukyu Islands^[11].
• Ryūkyū's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng^[12].
• Ryūkyū's described by source is recorded as History of Ming^[13].
• Ryūkyū's demonym is recorded as Lewchewan^[14].
• Ryūkyū's demonym is recorded as Ryukuan^[15].
• Ryūkyū's native label is recorded as 琉球^[16].
• Ryūkyū's native label is recorded as 琉球^[17].
• Ryūkyū's transliteration or transcription is recorded as Rūchū^[18].
• Ryūkyū's transliteration or transcription is recorded as Ryūkyū^[19].
• Ryūkyū's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122njc37^[20].
• Ryūkyū's language used is recorded as Ryukyuan^[21].
• Ryūkyū's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19752480^[22].

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Geography

Country listings include Japan^[5], a sovereign state^[23], in Japan^[24], founded in -0660^[25] and Ryukyu Kingdom^[6], a historical country^[26], in Ryukyu Kingdom^[27], founded in 1429^[28]. Located in include Kagoshima Prefecture^[3], a prefecture of Japan^[29], in Japan^[30] and Okinawa Prefecture^[4], a prefecture of Japan^[31], in Japan^[32], founded in 1879^[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include cultural region^[7] and historical region^[8].

Why It Matters

Ryūkyū draws 26 Wikipedia views per month (cultural_region category, ranking #48 of 59).^[2]